Check out the latest Oratia Village Halls Timetable
There is so much happening at the Oratia Halls! Take a look at our updated timetable of regular activities – there are fitness classes for all ages and abilities along with the Tuesday Health Hub, Scouts and the Oratia Playgroup. Something for everyone. The latest timetable can be found here. The Settlers Hall and Small Hall are managed by […]
Become a Member – Oratia Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association
Why become a member of the Oratia Ratepayers and Residents Association (R&R)? We are pretty invisible to most locals, but we’re trying to change that! The Oratia R&R champions essential local projects like road safety initiatives, pest control, and promoting native wildlife conservation, including kererū protection and planting campaigns. We also support other local […]
The Oratia Website Makeover
Exciting News: We’re Revamping Our Website! We’re thrilled to announce that the Oratia.org.nz website is getting a makeover! Our team will be hard at work behind the scenes over the coming months, crafting a fresh new look and enhanced user experience to better serve our community. Why the change? The website hasn’t been changed (or […]
Water Treatment Plant Meeting Oratia Settlers Hall This Tuesday 21 Feb, 6pm. We need your support.
Watercare is planning to update it’s infrastructure out west including a new water treatment plant. One proposed site is local at 130 Parker Road. Watercare are hosting a public drop-in information session where you can meet Watercare staff and talk through the proposals in detail, answer any questions and also will be taking note […]
Oratia – Apple of your eye
We’re Featured in the Herald! A snippet below and full story here. NZ Herald: Oratia beauty really sums up this great family friendly place with its many laid-back features, writes Hannah Sperber. NEED TO KNOW Project Twin Streams’ Oratia walk and cycleway is next to 102 Parrs Cross […]
Oratia Features in TV One’s Neighbourhood Series This Sunday At 11am
Oratia, Sunday 7 September, 11am on TV One August 31 in Oratia, New Zealand This week Italian born Alessandra Zecchini shows us around her neighbourhood – Oratia a rural community of about two and a half thousand lucky souls on the border between Auckland’s city sprawl and the wild forests and beaches of the West […]
16k Surprise for Oratia
Edit: This project was in the Agenda but was not approved . It was deferred. 8/9/14 Well there was sweet little in this years budget for Oratia , except an unexpected surprise win of $16.5 k for Oratia’s Kaurimu Stream Restoration. (The stream that runs along by the Oratia Bowling club.) Apparently there is a group […]
Oratia Locals in the Western Leader
Western Leader Digital Edition. Mate Marinovich, writes to the editor to share his thinking on Auckland Council’s move from the Town Hall ….. And Murray Gray (ex Oratia Local) is busy on the Going West Books and Wrtiers Festival. goingwestfest.co.nz
Award-winning winery and farmers’ market on the Market
Article from the NZ Herald. A boutique winery and a local farmers’ market in Oratia, Waitakere, is for sale as a going concern business and freehold property for the first time since it was developed from an apple orchard. “Artisan Wines is a fully functioning and award-winning vineyard,” says David Savery, of NAI Harcourts Henderson […]
Foothill Foodies Take Note. Council Test Kitchen for hire. Article from Idealog.
Food and beverage makes up more than half of our exports and we export four times the amount of food as Japan. And for all the talk about being too reliant on a commodity economy, you have to admit it’s too much of a monster to stop now. Andy Kenworthy peeks inside Auckland’s FoodBowl innovation […]